Re: [PATCH v2 0/7] ARM: berlin: add pinctrl support

From: Russell King - ARM Linux
Date: Thu Apr 24 2014 - 09:09:29 EST


On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 02:52:20PM +0200, Linus Walleij wrote:
> - Why do hardware engineers seek to reinvent wheels like pin
> controllers, GPIO and DMA engines all the time :-/

They think they have a rectangular pin cross-section which needs special
treatment to fit into the round hole in a turned-pin socket. :)

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